Beckett Sports Card News Scraper

Scrape sports card news, checklists, and release details from Beckett.com — the industry's leading authority on sports card collecting since 1984. Get the latest card set announcements, checklist details, market insights, and product release dates. No API key or login required.

Features

• Latest sports card news articles from Beckett's editorial team
• Full article metadata: title, excerpt, author, publish date, tags
• Filter by sport: baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer
• Keyword search across all articles
• Featured image URL for each article
• Pagination support — retrieve up to 200 articles

Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	select	latest — recent articles; search — keyword search
sport	select	Filter by sport category (optional)
searchQuery	String	Keyword to search (player name, set name, etc.)
maxItems	Integer	Max articles to return (1–200, default 20)

Output

Each record represents one article:

Field	Type	Description
articleId	Integer	Unique Beckett article ID
title	String	Article title
excerpt	String	Article summary/excerpt
authorName	String	Author's name
publishedAt	String	Publication date (ISO 8601)
modifiedAt	String	Last modified date (ISO 8601)
tags	Array	Article topic tags
imageUrl	String	Featured image URL
articleUrl	String	Full article URL on beckett.com
scrapedAt	String	Scrape timestamp (ISO 8601)

Example Input

{
  "mode": "latest",
  "sport": "baseball",
  "maxItems": 20
}

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "Topps Chrome",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example Output

{
  "articleId": 353369,
  "title": "2025-26 Topps Inception Basketball Details",
  "excerpt": "2025-26 Topps Inception Basketball checklist details, parallels, autographs, inserts, relics, pre-order date and more",
  "authorName": "Andrew Harner",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-10T11:53:54",
  "modifiedAt": "2026-06-10T11:53:56",
  "tags": ["Topps", "Basketball Cards"],
  "imageUrl": "https://img.beckett.com/news/news-content/uploads/2026/06/example.jpg",
  "articleUrl": "https://www.beckett.com/news/2025-26-topps-inception-basketball-cards/",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-10T12:00:00+00:00"
}

Available Sports

• Baseball — MLB cards, vintage, rookie cards, checklists
• Basketball — NBA/WNBA cards, releases, rookies
• Football — NFL cards, drafts, rookie premieres
• Hockey — NHL cards, Upper Deck products
• Soccer — International soccer cards, Topps Chrome UEFA
• Non-Sport — Entertainment cards, Star Wars, Marvel
• Wrestling — WWE, AEW wrestling cards

Use Cases

• Collectors: Track new product releases and checklist announcements
• Dealers: Monitor market trends and upcoming card sets
• Investors: Identify high-demand players and new rookie cards
• Market research: Analyze the sports card market landscape
• Content platforms: Aggregate sports card news for collectors

FAQ

Do I need a Beckett account? No. All news articles are freely accessible without login.

How often is news published? Beckett publishes multiple articles daily, especially around new product releases.

Can I search for specific players? Yes — use mode: search with searchQuery: "Patrick Mahomes" to find all related articles.

What is the difference between latest and search mode? latest returns the most recently published articles (optionally filtered by sport). search returns articles matching a keyword, sorted by relevance.